Video: Nas on VH1’s Behind The Music

Last night, VH1 debuted its “Behind the Music” episode with Nas, marking the 18th anniversary of the release of his classic album Illmatic.

In the revealing special, Nas, his brother Jungle, and friends like Common, Q-Tip, and Russell Simmons, detailed his childhood, rise to fame, tragic deaths of his best friend Ill Will and mother, the beginning and end of his relationship with ex-wife Kelis, and his much publicized feuds with Tupac and Jay Z.